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# occasional

«occasional» in Mova's school dictionary: **happening sometimes, but not often or regularly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (occasional)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Occasional means happening sometimes, but not often or regularly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasional/#m1)

2) Occasional can describe something made for a special event, like occasional music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasional/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In weather forecasts, "occasional showers" means rain now and then. In everyday life, an occasional treat is a sweet you have only sometimes. Phrases: "the occasional…", "occasional showers", "occasional table" (a small side table).

### examples

- We will have occasional showers this afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasional/#x1)
- I like the occasional ice cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasional/#x2)
- He makes the occasional mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasional/#x3)
- We get an occasional visit from my cousins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasional/#x4)
- Fruit is good every day; cake is an occasional treat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasional/#x5)
- The road has only occasional traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasional/#x6)
- There was little sound to be heard but the clang of weapons, an occasional screech or splash, and Slightly monotonously counting—five—six—seven—eight—nine—ten—eleven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasional/#x7)

### note

Spelling: double c, single s: occasional. Adverb: occasionally. Sweets are best as an occasional treat, not every day.

### In the corpora

- [Crisps and sweets have little goodness and lots of salt, sugar and fat, so treats are kept small and occasional.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/80-sleep-and-healthy-eating/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «occasional» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occasional/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.